queth

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English cweth, queth, queye (mistake), related to the verbs quethe and bequeath, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”).

Noun

queth (plural queths)

  1. Speech, talk.
  2. Statement, saying, proverb.
  3. The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt; quest.
  4. A corsepresent, mortuary.

References

  • “queth and quethe”, in Middle English Compendium‎, University of Michigan, (Can we date this quote?)

Cornish

Verb

queth m (plural quethow)

  1. (nautical) breasthook

References

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